Automobile-lock.



W, A. SM|TH..

AUTOMOBILE LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 13, 19 15.

Lmlflfip PatentedAugi 24, 1915.

ATTORA/EK WILTON A: SMITH, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

AUTOMOBILE-LOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 2a, 1915 Application filed February 13, 1915. Serial No. 7,972.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, IVILTON A. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. Automobile- Locks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to automobile locks, and my object is to provide a simple, inexpensive and efficient device of this character which may be readily applied to the spark lever and the throttle lever of an automobile, to secure the same from theft.

In order that the invention may be fully understood, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the, device in operative position. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device. Fig. 3 is a perspective of the two hasp members constituting the important features of the invention.

A designates the steering wheel, B. B the spark and throttle levers, C the steering shaft column, and D an oil cup, all of which are of the usual construction employed on the Ford car.

The device, when assembled, is of substantially Y-form, and consists of hasps 1 and 2, having holes 3 and 4, respectively at their rear ends for the passage of the respective levers B. The forward end of the hasp 1 is folded to form a keeper 5, for'tlie reception of the forward end 6 of the hasp 2.

The keeper 5 and the forward end 6 of the hasp 2, have holes 7 and 8. respectively, to receive the hasp of a padlock 9. whereby the two hasps l and 2 are locked together as disclosed by Fig. 1. so that they cannot be removed from the lovers B. K

' In practice thedevicc may boquickly applied to the lovers B by slipping the hasp l over one of said levers and the hasp 2 over the other lever B. The free end (i of the hasp 2 is then placed in the keeper 5 of the ent, is:

hasp l, and after bringing the holes 7 and 8 into coincidence the lock 9 is applied to secure the hasps l and 2 together, so that they cannot beremoved from the levers B. When thus applied the hasps l and 2 secure the levers B from movement, so that fuel cannot be supplied to the motor nor the ignition spark advanced.

Ha ving'thus described my invention,what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 1. In combination with aspark'lever and a throttle lever, a hasp having a hole in one end to receive one of said levers, and a hole in its free end, a companion hasp having a hole in one end to receive the other lever and folded at its opposite end to form a keeper for the reception of the free end of the first hasp, said keeper having two holes which register with the hole in the free end of the first hasp when said free end is in the keeper, and a lock having a part to pass through the registering holes and secure the two hasps together.

2. In combination with a spark lever and a throttle lever, a'device of the character described of substantially Y-forin and consisting of a hasp having a hole in one end to receive one of said levers and a hole in its free end, a. companion hasp having a hole in one end to receive the other lever and folded at its opposite end to form a keeper for the reception of the free end of the first hasp. said keeper having two holes which register with the hole in the free end of the first hasp when said tree end is in the keeper, and a lock having'a member to pass through the registering holes to secure said free end in the keeper. substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signatu in the presence of two witnesses.

\VILTON A. SMITH. \Vi tnesses:

F. G. Fiscnnn, L. J. FIsci-iER.

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